New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-26
TATAL JUMP FROMA WINDOW.
DRIVEN CRAZY BY HIS wIFE's PRAYING.

,c~psr ,srsuxAN COMMITS SUICIDE AyrER TRY
rHo TO KILL HER WITH HAT0HET.
vhsn most Of the occupants Of the tenement house
=. as2 West Twefthst. were ct breakfast yesterday
morning they were startled by tho screams OF mrs
Ase Ho,an on the third foor followed by the v,o en'
...n,rr of . window and the fall OF heavy body ou
The stone tagging OF the rear yard Men, women and
children rushed to the yard, and found the mangled
and Ito,ess form OF James Hogan. He had thrown
Simselt from the third-story window, ana as ne mao
ssrrcf on his head his brains had been DASHED out in
sn Near bis sS@ %s;
hiood and remarked: He must have killed his wife
Srs TLen the excited tenants rushed upstairs to
stretched ont On floor IT the small rear bedroom
Che was moaning teeby, but still appeared TO be sensi
Bile OF her neighb1rs presence. although there were
three uply scalp wounds the top OF her head Dooa
from the wounds was spattered about on the Ded on
: small brass cruci6x on the walls and moor OF .ne
room The window was OPEN Hogan had gone ou'
: ur. Macy. OF West Twelfth-st. dressed Mrs Hogan
vounds Then che got up and walked around ner
,oons She was still weak from shock and loss OF
Hood but did not appear to have much PAIN she
heard of her husbands death without exhibiting undue
excitement She said that she and her husband had
little quarrel the first one Tor lonl time. he mad
been good husband to her fOr fourteen years, she
said What the quarrel was about she dd not seem 10
,emember then Hogan had been drinking more Than
Ssua since St Patricks Day. but had been at his work
most Of the time He must have been good deal up
set IN his uino she thought "nen an ambulance
twn rooms but she finally yielded to persuasion and
was carried TO Bellevue HosDital.
Alter her removal Coroner Levy had Hogane BODY
removed to an undertakers shop From homo q
Hogan o servant, of No. 3S East Third St, the dead
mans sister and from inmates OF the Twelithst house
the Coroner able TO get considerable information
A. TO the probable cause OF the tragedy.
Hogan had been in the employ OF the knicker booker
Ice Company tor twenty years. He was good
nxtured ygoing Irishnian OF forty Ell. bit. Nth
good reputation. Ills wife was forty years old and
devoted 70 her husband. The only serious troubles IN
the family lad the deaths OF ak chioren AFTER
the death of the last child, about TWO years ag" Mrs
Hogans reason gave way. few days ago she seemed
came nervous and almost desperate from 10 OF sleep
and anxiety. He drank than usual, bat did not
neglect his work until Thns when he remained at
home al day and summoned DR.. Macv Inc physician
prescribed some hing mixture tor Mrs Hogan. but
The woman did appear to be benefited. She prayed
tor her lost children all day and kept her husband on
his knees beside her most oil the time. When other
women in the house called to her she urged them
hou Q and tried to comfort Mrs. hogan. In the eve
mig HQnora Hogan visited her and tried to induce her
to 20 10 sleep.
Hogan said be had not seTt since Wednesday and
he appeared to he emeiy nervous After her sister
in.law had lett the house Mrs. Hogan oegan praying
building until they te asleep When they awoke yes
terday morning they still heard Mrs. Hogans voice IN
PRAYER, At $50 a. the mouOtOnous sound oil
prayer broken by Hogans voice There was
OF Mrs. Hogan blows with the Ratchet fell on her
head the creaking OF the window Hogan raised the
lower sash, and finally the ia | OF bis body on the
fagstones below. 1t vas not unlikely that Hogan had
been driven mad by loss OF sleep and the seemingly
endless prayers OF his crazy wife,
At Bellevue hospital the surgeons said yesterday
that Mrs Hogan's skull not fractured. and that
abe had q tar chance OF recovery.